The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-05-06
THE FISHERIES.
Publication of Correspondence on the
Subject-various Propositions for Set
fIament

Publication of Correspondence on the
Subject-various Propositions for Set
Element.
OTTAWA, Can, May 4-The Minister of
Fisheries brought down the fisheries cor
respondenee yesterday afternoon. It is a
very bulky volume covering a period
from 1884 down to very recent date.
The most Important letter is the reply Of
the Canadian Government to Secretary
Bayard's dispatch Of December 8, propos-
ing an ad interim arrangement and the
appointment of mixed commission to
establish the limits which shall separate
common from exclusive fishing ground in
accordance with the treaty of 1918, pro-
vided that it is agreed that American YES
sells are not excluded from bays and har-
bors more than ten miles in width; to es-
tablish regulations to secure to United
States fishermen the privilege OF entering
bays and harbors for refuge, repairs, wood
and water, and to agree upon penalties and
jurisdiction for the trial of vio1ators of
rights or restrictions. Mr. Bayard in adj
dition proposed that each country send
national vessels to the gulf and the south
coast of Nova Scotia to superintend the
fisheries and settle disputes. He also sug-
gested that fishing vessels of the United
I States be given the same privileges in
Canadian ports as other United States
vessels, including the purchase of bait and
other supplies, and that the Government
of Great Britain "release all United States
fishing vessels now under seizure for fall
ing to report at the custom houses and re-
fund all the fines exacted for such failure -
A copy of this dispatch was forwarded
to Canada, and on December twenty eight
a reply was forwarded from the Dominion
Government Directing to all the PROPOSE
tons of Mr.. Bayard in detail
Sir Henry Holland wrote to Lord Lans-
downe February "A suggesting that, while
endeavoring to bring about an ad interim
arrangement both parties agree to revert
to the condition Of things existing under
the treaty with Washington. Lord Lans-
downe replied February 26, accepting this
suggestion.
Then follows Lord Salisbury's PROPOSE
ton, which has already been widely pub
lished, Offering to return to the operation
Of the Washington treaty for the present
season or longer waving all claims upon
the e1, 600 indemnity under the Halifax
award, and defining the scope of the pro-
posed mixed commission in general terms
similar to Secretary Bayard's proposal
The instructions to the officers of the
fisheries protection feet are at the end of
the volume. On April Is Mr.. Foster, after
cautionng the officers not to strain the in
depreciation of the law in the direction Of
interference with the rights and privileges
remaining to the United States fishermen,
says:
I" To this end the largest liberty compatible
with the full protection of Canadian interests is
to be granted United States fishing vessels in
obtaining in our waters shelter, repairs, wood
and water. Care should be taken that while
awaiting themselves of these privileges such
vessels do not engage in any illegal practices,
and all proper supervision necessary to accom-
plish this object is 70 be exercised; but it is
not deemed necessary that in order to effect
this an armed guard should be placed on board
or that any reasonable communication with the
shore should be prohibited.
I'm cases of distress, disaster, food for home
ward voyages, or sickness or death on board
any foreign fishing vessel, all needful facilities
are to be granted for relief, and both you and
your officers will be carrying out the wishes of
the department in courteously and freely CIV
ing assistance in such instances"